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Nicolás Maduro’s regime once again ruled on the fate of its special agent: the Barranquilla Álex Saab Morán.
The freshest information about his luck was revealed by EL TIEMPO after confirming that His defense filed a new appeal that will delay at least 90 days the decision of the Cape Verdean courts to extradite him or to release him.
(We invite you to read: Frozen extradition of Álex Saab; alert for possible escape plan)
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza.
In the meantime, Cape Verde and the United States reinforced security measures around the aforementioned figurehead of Nicolás Maduro.
And his defense sent the case to the West African Court of Justice, insisting on alleged torture that Saab has been subjected to.
(You may be interested: Saab says it has 26 cuts and that US $ 700 million is not theirs)
Against this background, the Nicolás Maduro regime once again came out in defense of the Barranquilla man, prosecuted in the United States for corruption linked to opaque contracts in the construction of subsidized houses for the Chávez and Maduro regimes, in an amount of 300 million dollars.
“We ratify our concern for the safety and physical integrity of Alex Saab, illegally and arbitrarily detained in Cape Verde”Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza wrote this morning.
We ratify our concern for the safety and physical integrity of Alex Saab, illegally and arbitrarily detained in Cape Verde. We have reported the mistreatment he has received to the authorities, and we reiterate the request for a humanitarian measure to protect his life
– Jorge Arreaza M (@jaarreaza) October 8, 2020
Humanitarian measure
In addition, he requested special protection: “We have reported the mistreatment he has received to the authorities. We reiterate the request for a humanitarian measure to protect his life“.
(Also: the US locates and freezes US $ 700 million linked to Álex Saab)
Both the United States and Cape Verde denied such torture. In fact, a search of his cell was ordered and the Cape Verde prosecutor’s office issued a statement in which it indicated that a personal object with which Saab had inflicted injuries was seized.
EL TIEMPO established that Saab remains isolated in a cell and that only two of his lawyers in Cape Verde have contact with him.
(Also: Saab says that hooded men beat him to sign extradition)
The group of international defenders who hired him have not had access to him. In addition, he only communicates by written means and continues to complain about the heat and the food.
In the United States, they estimate that their judicial fate in Cape Verde will be defined in December 2020 or even January 2021.
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